Su Mei's Plans Go Far Beyond Fu Hua

"Sometimes I feel cold (the main task is to sell my private parts)," Liu Bai joked, but failed. He then made a self-deprecating remark.

"... In any case, you still need to take care of your health."

Fu Hua sighed. Although Liu Bai was somewhat of a womanizer, she still had to consider who his partner was.

They are all capable workers.

... even myself.

If you look at it that way, Liu Bai really has it tough.

The greatest task of a leader is to comfort women... Hmm, it seems a bit off here.

"But speaking of which, could you put your pants on first?"

Fu Hua simply couldn't ignore that intense presence.

"... Anyway, I'll have to take my clothes off again when Acheron wakes up."

Liu Bai waved his hand, signaling Fu Hua to stop with the formalities.

Fu Hua: "..."

This is not something "empty" for her!

"I don't know if you can go out, but I'll bring you a bunch of breakfast."

Fu Hua finally understood: with Acheron here, Liu Bai was even less likely to leave the room than she was.

Let's pause for a moment to mourn for Liu Bai.

Liu Bai nodded; he actually felt a little awkward with Fu Hua there.

After all, these kinds of things... unless you have a particular fetish, don't really need bystanders.

Fu Hua fled as if she were escaping.

This time, the door lock seemed to be powered on again. With just a light touch, it recognized Fu Hua's hand and the door opened automatically.

There was no sign of Su Mei outside the door—it seemed impossible for Su Mei to stay here until daytime.

That brat...

Fu Hua was unusually annoyed, but she hadn't forgotten about bringing food for Liu Bai.

However, as soon as the elevator doors opened, Fu Hua saw Ningguang inside.

Ningguang pushed a small food cart this time.

"..."

The two looked at each other without prior arrangement and fell silent at the same time.

Ning Lingguang coughed lightly before Meng could finish her thought, "Master Ling, did Lord Liu Bai accept the pot of soup from the room last night?"

? Long

"... I've accepted it." Fu Hua's voice was calm. "I said you did a good job."

"Is that so..." Ningguang's smile began to turn awkward.

How should she bring up the question of whether Liu Bai was doing that with Acheron last night?

Is it inappropriate to ask Fu Hua directly?

"Is this breakfast?" Fu Hua glanced at the food cart.

Fu Hua doesn't really want to settle scores with Ningguang right now. After all, Su Mei said in the middle of the night that she had schemed against everyone, and Ningguang was just lucky to escape.

"Yes, V, this is V's breakfast today." (A glimmer of light appeared on the dam's head.) "So... Does Lord Liu Liu Bai Qun need this breakfast?"

Ningguang's question was cleverly chosen; she believed that if Fu Hua had actually delivered the soup last night, she would definitely have known the underlying meaning of those words.

"...It is necessary." Fu Hua looked at Ningguang's slightly conflicted expression and her lips twitched.

"?"

Ningguang also noticed this and was slightly puzzled by Fu Hua's reaction.

However, Fu Hua's response can be considered an answer to her.

Liu Bai really did last night...

Ningguang took a deep breath.

"Is it over now?"

"It's halftime, now's the time to deliver the food."

Fu Hua's lips twitched because she had just thought of something very interesting.

Liu Bai jokingly said that he might be selling his genitals, but from Ningguang's perspective, isn't Ningguang herself also selling herself?

One feels like she's selling her genitals, the other feels like she's selling her body...

This situation should be considered interesting, right?

"Thank you, Master."

Ningguang exhaled.

It's halftime... so it shouldn't seem out of place for me to go in now, right?

Moreover, according to Fu Hua, Liu Bai probably didn't rest either.

"You'd better hurry up, nobody knows when the halftime break will end."

Ningguang nodded and pushed the food cart out of the elevator.

Since we don't need to bring lunch anymore, let's go find Su Mei.

"La Signora. Ningguang?"

Firefly, who had just returned from breakfast, was somewhat surprised to see Ningguang pushing a cart out of Liu Bai's door.

"What is this...?"

"Deliver breakfast to Liu Bai."

Ningguang quickly closed the door.

"?"

Behavior that is highly suspicious.

Firefly tilted her head, but didn't point it out directly—after all, this was someone else's territory.

If these two are really having some kind of dinner party, wouldn't that make her seem very willful?

"Oh, then..."

"Could Miss Firefly help deliver lunch to Liu Bai at noon?"

Su Mei appeared from the side like a ghost, with a smile on her face.

"—!?"

The moment Firefly saw Su Mei's smile, she became wary.

There's no other reason than that she has PTSD about this calculating, mature woman's smile... or rather, this "Kafka smile."

I always have this feeling that I'll get beaten up if I say the wrong thing.

Ningguang looked at Su Mei.

She knew from the start that she couldn't control someone like Su Mei, but she never expected Su Mei to go to such lengths.

After all, Ningguang wasn't stupid. She had talked to Liu Bai about some things when she brought him food, and she knew very well who was behind the current situation—even though she herself had jumped into this mess on her own initiative.

"... Liu Bai, you don't need me to bring you food, do you?"

Firefly was very interested in this kind of wifely sentiment, but looking at Su Mei's smile, she dared not show her interest.

"Liu Bai is studying, you can't expect Lady Ningguang to bring him meals every day, can you?"

"It's not that it can't be done," Ningguang added in her mind.

Although it's embarrassing, it's a slightly offensive way to interact with others.

After a few more times, Ningguang felt she might have managed to force a situation—though that would likely provoke a lot of hatred.

Su Mei continued, "Thinking about it carefully, Miss Firefly, you should be the most suitable person to deliver meals to Liu Bai, right?"

"Of course!"

Firefly's lips curled up unnaturally.

(... This girl is really easy to handle.)

Beneath her fox-like smile, Su Mei inwardly sighed like a mother hen.

(So Kafka owes me a favor... although I don't really need that kind of thing.)

Under Su Mei's simple and effective flattery, Firefly quickly lowered her guard.

She knew about reading.

Although Liu Bai's dedication to his work was somewhat unexpected, considering the oppressive feeling of the giant beast before, this level of neglecting sleep and meals didn't seem like much.

"No... but speaking of which, I'm actually not very good at cooking." Firefly suddenly wanted to bring this up.

"It's okay, you can just go to the cafeteria to pick it up after you eat there."

Ningguang spoke up from the side.

Although he didn't know what Su Mei was planning, he could only agree with her since she had said so.

Ningguang wasn't in a hurry. Although she really wanted to rise to power quickly, doing so would be detrimental to both herself and Liyue.

She's not the kind of foolish woman who thinks everything will be fine after a good night's sleep.

Taking a nap is actually the least important statement at this stage; it's clearly a "fight for the future" strategy.

"Thank you, La Signora. Ningguang."

Firefly breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Ningguang and Su Mei left the guesthouse together.

"... Aren't you afraid of playing with fire and getting burned by doing this?"

Ningguang glanced sideways at Su Mei beside her.

"They are too grateful to thank me," Su Mei said with a smile. "Su Mei dares to say that everything Su Mei has done so far has not been for her own selfish interests."

Ningguang remained silent.

But Ningguang immediately thought of something else.

"Besides Firefly, who else is in your scheme?"

"Hmm... let's see who has more courage." Su Mei gently tapped her chin. "Miss Firefly's approach... is more like poverty alleviation."

"... What stage do you think Firefly and Liu Bai can reach?"

Ningguang was slightly surprised.

"No, but it's also possible. After all, Liu Bai has time to rest, which means... I don't need to say more, do I?"

Of course, Su Mei didn't need to say anything more; this meant that Liu Bai had been thrown into the Acheron.

The methods used are not important; this is a matter of result-oriented thinking.

In other words, will the awakened Acheron seek temporary allies to buy time?

Ningguang silently made plans in her mind.

... Aren't you guys going a bit too far?

Acheron Liu and ~ without scars, slept too long, after all, Acheron's body can recover quickly, and the main battle level is spiritual.

So Acheron woke up again in just two or three hours.